A man who believes the word of a donkey in preference to my word does not deserve to be lent anything.

Enlightenment must come little by little - otherwise it would overwhelm.

The word 'choice' is a fraud while people choose only what they have been taught to choose.

Knowledge is not gained, it is there all the time. It is the "veils" which have to be dissolved in the mind.

Trying to force something is the best way to stop it happening.

Opinion is usually something which people have when they lack comprehensive information.

You must empty out the dirty water before you fill the pitcher with clean.

The Sufi way is through knowledge and practice, not through intellect and talk.

Meditation - Before you learn how to meditate, you must unlearn what you think meditation might be.

Have you noticed how many people who walk in the shade curse the Sun?

Right time, right place, right people equals success. Wrong time, wrong place, wrong people equals most of the real human history.

The people around you are mirrors, I think. You see yourself reflected in their eyes. If the mirror is true, and smooth, you see your true self. That’s how you learn who you are.

Language is the dress of thought.

Opportunities are a tricky crop, with tiny flowers that are difficult to see and even more difficult to harvest.

The scripture is God's plan on how we are to live our lives here and what we are to do to have eternal life.

You've been checking me out, haven't you? In between your flaming insults? I feel like man candy.

What else are our lives but a story we tell ourselves to find some sense in the pain ofliving?

In a conflict of loyalty, obey Jesus at all costs.

When he laces his fingers through mine, my heart does its now familiar panicked flight, bumping painfully against my ribs. My shoulder twitches as if to pull my hand back, but my heart overrules it.

I'm an actor, and part of my joy and my curiosity about the job that I do, is that actors have the privilege of exploring human nature in different ways.

Then to Silvia let us sing that Silvia is excelling. She excels each mortal thing upon the dull earth dwelling.